He wrote the letter again and again and each time
destroyed it. It seemed so clumsy.
It was so hard to express just what he felt. He decided to leave it
until morning.
All that night he tossed about in feverish unrest. He could not
sleep. He had a feeling of impending calamity.
Toward dawn he woke, and lighting a lamp wrote out a cable message:
Miss Margaret O'Connell
c/o Mrs. Chichester
Regal Villa, Scarboro, England
Please come back to me. I want you.
Love from
Your Affectionate Father
Relieved in his mind, he put the message on the table, intending to
send it on his way to business. Then he slept until breakfast-time
without a dream.
His Peg would get the message and she would come to him.
At breakfast a cable was brought to him.
He opened it and looked in bewilderment at the contents:
"Sailing to-day for New York on White Star boat Celtic.
Love. Peg."
CHAPTER XIII
THE MORNING AFTER
The morning after the incident following Peg's disobedience in
going to the dance, and her subsequent rebellion and declaration of
independence, found all the inmates of Regal Villa in a most
unsettled condition. Peg had, as was indicated in a preceding
chapter remained by Ethel's side until morning, when, seeing that
her cousin was sleeping peacefully, she had gone to her own room to
prepare for her leaving.
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